> Now imagine the case when you have 100 different machine types, all
> different, using this device where each hardware designer has decided to
> connect the chip up differently.
>
> Is putting this crud into drivers going to be maintainable? No.
I'm not sure which is worse: A driver that is hard to maintain, or
one that is completely broken on some architectures, even though
numerous people keep re-inventing the fix.
Personally, I'd rather have a hacked up driver that works, but I'm
sure others have other opinions!
Ben
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